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Saturday, September 23, 2006

Cereal can be more than just a boring bowl in the morning...

I was surprised to see this in the front yard yesterday morning as I almost mowed right over it!

Attack of the giant fungus! No idea what kind it was, but it was almost the size of a soccerball!

This morning I made some cookies that could be pretty normal, except they have an unusual ingredient - flaked cereal! Golden Cinnamon Crunch Cookies have a crisp, rich and buttery flavor with bursts of cinnamon coming from the addition of cinnamon chips. The crunch in these cookies comes from the cereal - you could use good ol' cornflakes, but I liked using Total as the flakes were a bit thicker and held up better while mixing. They have a salty note to them that helps cut the sweetness from the cinnamon chips. The recipe calls for you to flatten them with a fork, but I found it pretty difficult with all the chunky flakes and chips inside so I didn't end up with a good pattern at all. If it starts to get messy, you can dip the fork in some flour to keep the dough from sticking. You could also just flatten them with your hands, but that would be too easy, no?

We really liked these plain, but since we love the salty/sweet combo, I just had to stuff a few with some chocolate and vanilla ice cream for a tasty snack!

13 comments:

That fungus looks like a puffball to me. My stepfather loves to slice them up and saute them when he finds them in his yard. Never tried one myself, though -- the cookies are more up my alley! ;-) I love using homemade cookies for ice cream sandwiches!

I need to get over here more often to drool over the photos and recipes. Sandwiching the cookies makes them all the more desirable - of course!

I think that is a puffball. I've known people back home to eat them, though I'm not much for mushrooms. A few years ago I was back home visiting and at the farmer's market with a friend when we came upon a real beauty on display, not for sale: http://phepbu.blogspot.com/2006/05/puff-ball.html